Verified Centers, Nonverified Centers, or Other Facilities: A National Analysis of Burn Patient Treatment Location

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-305

  Zonies, David ^a   Mack, Christopher ^b   Kramer, Bradley ^a   Rivara, Frederick ^b   Klein, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; BURN UNIT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; ELECTRIC INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249107595     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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